This document discusses the benefits of going green with buildings by saving energy through more efficient buildings, using locally manufactured materials to reduce transportation needs, and making buildings that are better for the environment and aesthetically pleasing with features like trees and drainage ponds. Going green can mean conserving energy through efficient building design, reusing materials, and sourcing components locally to lessen the fuel used in transportation. Green buildings pollute less and tend to have design elements that make them look nicer.

1. Should we go GREEN? Corey Bailey

2. Save energy Less transportation More efficient buildings Better for the environment Nicer looking buildings

3. Less transportation Going green means using materials that are manufactured close by Materials manufactured and transported great distances consume a large amount of fuel Reusing materials is also a good way to make a building green

4. More efficient buildings Green means conserving energy The best way to conserve energy is to make building more energy efficient

5. Better for the environment Green buildings are better for the environment because they pollute less

6. Nicer looking buildings Green buildings tend to look nicer More trees for shade More trees for blocking winter wind Drainage ponds to control runoff